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Appraisal, Work-Up and Diagnosis of Anterior Uveitis: A Practical Approach
This article presents a comprehensive approach of the diagnosis of anterior uveitis and appropriate investigational tests based on clinical signs. Uveitis has classically been presented by uveitis specialists as an obscure and complicated field in ophthalmology that was supposed to be restricted to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2855658/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20404984 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.58416 |
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description | This article presents a comprehensive approach of the diagnosis of anterior uveitis and appropriate investigational tests based on clinical signs. Uveitis has classically been presented by uveitis specialists as an obscure and complicated field in ophthalmology that was supposed to be restricted to the happy few who had the knowledge, which in some countries was even prevented from being diffused. The effect was that ophthalmologists turned away from uveitis or were not correctly armed when they chose to take care of uveitis patients. The consequences of this situation often fell upon the patients. Since more than 15 years our group has been represented by the Society for Ophthalmo-Immunoinfectiology in Europe (SOIE), which has been working to alter this image of uveitis and ensure that the knowledge of the basics of uveitis reaches the practicing ophthalmologist. Our firm believe is that up to 70% of uveitis cases, especially anterior uveitis, can be taken care of by the practicing ophthalmologist following a structured approach in the appraisal of the uveitis case. Judging from the attendance obtained, the response to our approach in every country (where we organise courses) has been inversely proportional to the previous disinterest since we started publicizing it. |
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spelling | pubmed-28556582010-04-19 Appraisal, Work-Up and Diagnosis of Anterior Uveitis: A Practical Approach Herbort, Carl P. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Symposium - Uveitis Update This article presents a comprehensive approach of the diagnosis of anterior uveitis and appropriate investigational tests based on clinical signs. Uveitis has classically been presented by uveitis specialists as an obscure and complicated field in ophthalmology that was supposed to be restricted to the happy few who had the knowledge, which in some countries was even prevented from being diffused. The effect was that ophthalmologists turned away from uveitis or were not correctly armed when they chose to take care of uveitis patients. The consequences of this situation often fell upon the patients. Since more than 15 years our group has been represented by the Society for Ophthalmo-Immunoinfectiology in Europe (SOIE), which has been working to alter this image of uveitis and ensure that the knowledge of the basics of uveitis reaches the practicing ophthalmologist. Our firm believe is that up to 70% of uveitis cases, especially anterior uveitis, can be taken care of by the practicing ophthalmologist following a structured approach in the appraisal of the uveitis case. Judging from the attendance obtained, the response to our approach in every country (where we organise courses) has been inversely proportional to the previous disinterest since we started publicizing it. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2855658/ /pubmed/20404984 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.58416 Text en © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Symposium - Uveitis Update Herbort, Carl P. Appraisal, Work-Up and Diagnosis of Anterior Uveitis: A Practical Approach |
title | Appraisal, Work-Up and Diagnosis of Anterior Uveitis: A Practical Approach |
title_full | Appraisal, Work-Up and Diagnosis of Anterior Uveitis: A Practical Approach |
title_fullStr | Appraisal, Work-Up and Diagnosis of Anterior Uveitis: A Practical Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Appraisal, Work-Up and Diagnosis of Anterior Uveitis: A Practical Approach |
title_short | Appraisal, Work-Up and Diagnosis of Anterior Uveitis: A Practical Approach |
title_sort | appraisal, work-up and diagnosis of anterior uveitis: a practical approach |
topic | Symposium - Uveitis Update |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2855658/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20404984 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.58416 |
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